“Modern Family”: Show creator Steve Levitan told critics that Nathan Lane will be guest starring this season on the Emmy-nominated series. And after celebrating his 12th birthday with critics at the TCA awards Saturday night (where his show won best comedy series), Rico Rodriguez (Manny) told us one of his favorite presents was a $25 iTunes gift card. Meanwhile, young Ariel Winter said she wouldn’t mind seeing her brainy Alex develop into a ninja spy. It’s good to see these kids, while clearly enjoying their moment in the sun, are still kids at heart.

“Body Of Proof”: This fall Dana Delaney stars in this new drama for ABC as a nuerosurgeon-turned medical examiner whose people skills rival Dr. House. Delaney’s character has to stop operating after a car crash caused random numbness that affected her in the operating room. Delaney says she might be becoming a bit too much like her character because she recently was in a similar crash.

” I was hit by a bus two weeks before we started filming, where I broke two fingers and my car was totaled exactly like the accident in the pilot,” Delaney said. ” And the irony is when I got out of the car, the bus driver said to me, ‘I know who you are. Can I have your autograph?’ ”

“Castle”: Series star Nathan Fillion says his show is shaking things up a bit this season. After two season of always catching the bad-guy every week, Castle and Det. Beckett will go up against a criminal who may be smarter than they are, this season. Fillion was at ABC’s evening meet-and-greet, where Delaney also was in attendance.

Delaney guest starred on “Castle” last season as a favor to her former “Pasadena” co-star Fillion, and Fillion said he’s willing to return the favor and appear on her new show — as soon as the writers can craft a mostly Castle-free episode of “Castle” to give him time off. Fillion suggested an episode spotlighting Castle’s daughter Alexis (played by Molly Quinn). “It could be a ‘Veronica Mars’ kind of thing,” Fillion said.

Hey, I’d watch.

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